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    Aerobic exercise provides physical, psychological, and social benefits. It burns calories and body fat, reduces the risk of diseases, and improves mood and mental health. Aerobic exercise involves large muscle activities like walking, biking, or swimming for at least 20 minutes, 3 times per week at a moderate intensity that uses 60-80% of maximum heart rate. Regular aerobic exercise, along with strength training and a healthy diet, can control body fat and improve overall health and longevity.

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    Aerobic exercise provides physical, psychological, and social benefits. It burns calories and body fat, reduces the risk of diseases, and improves mood and mental health. Aerobic exercise involves large muscle activities like walking, biking, or swimming for at least 20 minutes, 3 times per week at a moderate intensity that uses 60-80% of maximum heart rate. Regular aerobic exercise, along with strength training and a healthy diet, can control body fat and improve overall health and longevity.

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    Aerobic exercise provides physical, psychological, and social benefits. It burns calories and body fat, reduces the risk of diseases, and improves mood and mental health. Aerobic exercise involves large muscle activities like walking, biking, or swimming for at least 20 minutes, 3 times per week at a moderate intensity that uses 60-80% of maximum heart rate. Regular aerobic exercise, along with strength training and a healthy diet, can control body fat and improve overall health and longevity.

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    Aerobic Exercise

    Inactivity is reaching "crisis proportions" as ♦ psychological benefits - exercise


    the result of a highly technological society improves mood, reduces depression
    that makes it convenient to remain and anxiety
    sedentary. ♦ social – exercise is fun and can be
    shared with friends and partners.
    It is now estimated that 60 percent of ♦ control of body fat - aerobic exercise
    adult Americans are not physically active in conjunction with strength training
    on a regular basis. Even more disturbing, and a proper diet will reduce body fat
    one in four Americans is not active at all. ♦ decreased risk of diseases -
    Recent findings confirm that fitness is a hypertension, diabetes, osteoporosis
    better predictor of health and longevity (weight-bearing activities), various
    than almost any other factor studied. cancers, and heart disease.

    Definition Getting Started


    Aerobic simply means in the presence of Pick an activity that first of all is
    oxygen. Aerobic refers to those types of enjoyable and secondly, realistic.
    exercises that require oxygen to burn fat Exercise adherence is also improved if
    stores for energy. other people know about and support the
    new exercise habit.
    Aerobic exercise uses the same large
    muscle groups, rhythmically, for a period Be willing to commit the time and energy
    of 15 to 20 minutes or longer while to adding this exercise to the routine.
    maintaining 60-80% of your maximum heart Even though intermittent activity is
    rate. beneficial, structured exercise performed
    on a regular basis offers even greater
    Examples advantages.

    Think of aerobic activity as being Adopt an exercise plan that


    longer in duration yet moderate in includes cardiovascular
    intensity. Aerobic activities include: activity for at least 20
    ♦ walking minutes per session, at
    ♦ biking least three times per
    ♦ jogging week. End each
    session with a
    ♦ swimming series of stretches for
    ♦ aerobic dance classes the entire body. If possible,
    ♦ cross-country skiing incorporate a muscular fitness routine to
    ♦ cycling maximize overall fitness level.

    Benefits of Aerobic Exercise In Addition. . .


    ♦ increased resistance to fatigue Anaerobic activity is shorter in duration
    ♦ extra energy and stamina` and higher in intensity. Anaerobic
    activities include: racquetball, downhill
    ♦ toned muscles and increased lean
    skiing, weight lifting, sprinting, softball,
    body mass soccer and football. These activities are
    ♦ decreased tension and stress complementary to an aerobic cardio-
    ♦ improved quality of sleep vascular workout program.

    This document was prepared by the staff of the UWSP University Health Service.
    This information should not be used in lieu of medical care.
    Last updated: May, 2000
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